La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 02, 1928, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextMonday, July 2, 1928 UA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Page Seven FIRST HALF OF - SEASON CLOSES Portland Wins r Double Header from Oakland -Finish at .402 Piicifk' Const League. KtaiMliutfs W. 1-.- 1'ot. , 'un Francisco -.&K M4 .6:10 .. J lolly wood 53 Sit ,57Q Suernmeutu , fill 42 .54:1 . .Minion .4!t 43 .bX.i I .oh AngeU'H 4 44 .R22 Oakland 4(1 62 .4115 Portland 87 fifi Au2 'eutlle 33 ; ftlt ;.3i!) Hy Tim Associate! Press Portland walloped .the, . Oaks I twice, (f-l and 7-l. , Knight wiik tlto hero of the first , game, pitching four-hit ball and ' cuilociing four liit.s, one a homer, la the second game Portland found WeUel fur 14 liltK. . Batteries: Koehler, Arlett. .and, ' Head; Knight and AlnsmKli. . Second game: Wetzel and Head; Writes, Ponder, Tonilin und Hego. v"1 After dropping the morning game 7-S, the Seals came hack t defeat yJ,os Angeles. G-2, and end the no tion with six games In, t he bug. Itonvan hit a pair of homers for L. Mmii It'.. .11.. un ii ml 1luti Mini I'l'fiu. ,,,uott got one apiece but tho Angels flundei on May tor 14 Jilts to take tho first tilt. Mitchell outpilehed liar loot In the second game. -Batteries: May and Heed; Plltt, Wenthersby and Handberg. Second game: Mitchell and Heed; Harfoot and Untrniih, Handberg. The Missions Hpllt with Holly . yood, losing the first game 13 to J, und takln&.theYcond C-5, in 12 f innings. 1 Three Hell twlrlera were nicked I for 21 hits in the Hollywood aliigi iging orgy, w4iich saw Lee bflngont I four hits In five appearances. . .in ft tho second' same, Kwunson singled $to Hcore Hludo willrthc winning iun In the twelfth. It was an - even game, both teams collecting nifie Jill's. . Butteries: Fullerton nnd Agnew: Hughes, ". Davenport, ;Murtln . and Baldwin, Sypher. Second -game: Helvey and Bnss lor; Nelson,- Nevera.and Whitney, Sypher, Baldwin. Seattle und" Sucramento also split a doubje-hcuder, the Solons win ning the first, 3 to 1, and the Jnr dians tho second, 0-3. - Steady pitching by Kullio mark ed the first lilt, whlle'heuvy stick work by Barbeo and 'Nace o the. Jndians featured the. second.,.. Butteries: Knllio and Kevereld; Colbird. Borrenni, Parker. Secogd game: Shea, Cioiild and KoehlPr; Graham und Parker. Del Allen WH1 Fight Rosander At Enterprise "Del Allen, J.a Grande Alnht weight, who defeated Penny Dot. a u-.n Vnt. i' Antntfi. '.-.irixnntlv - In. n S northwest championship tournn- ft ment, will'-fisht A,nstln . nosander. i l.TS-pounderof , Portland, in the. I main event at the fair grounds at Knterprlse; on Tuesday, July 3 at 8:o p. m. .. Allen has won nearly every start t in the last two years and has de J rented several widely known fight- ei s. Rosander is a hard-hitting ; Alaska Indian and a leading lifrht - weight contender. 5j Other events on the card follow: Six rounds: Thurston Lay, .lo jp seph, vs. Kernilf Iavls, Ta Grande. S Six rounds: Mariin Oliver, Wal k ovn, J 60, vs. Kid Alabama, 1 60, 0 La Grande. E Four rounds: Garrett T.ovelf, Kn ferprise, 14S, vs. Johnny Atliins, Iff Joseph, 160. .. ; Ad Gustavo will referee. ' ? President, foolldge Rent a tnlo h grain to Herbert Hoover the other day telling him he bad been nom- ginated for "the most, important position In tho world." Cal must lake that Job seriously. STAGES LEAVE FROM I,A GRANDE DEPOT Wkllowa Coach Co. Leave li La Grande forr yallowa Lake 8 :45 a. m. 4 :00 p. m. Connect with All Points West Blue Moaitain Transportation Co. Leave ( La Granclo'or Baker, Boise 11:25 a.m. La Granr?s for Baker only . 4 :35 p. m. La Gmnde for Pendleton 10:30 a. m 3:45 p.m. (Connections at Pendleton for Walla Walla and Punco) Leave La Grande For Portland at 10:30 a. m. Fare $9.50, Round trip $16.00 V- i For information OLYMPIC HOPES 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 pt ' s if HiiHHell "ItutA "Walter of NonhwoHtern seeks n berth on tlie Olympic squad that will represent the United Slates this summer nt u 400-. i meter runner.: lie is the !Mx Ten 44(chamiion, hnyinK won this title at the Evanston meet this summer in 411 6-10 "second!, lie ' also has to his credit a second In the national' intercolleglates at Chicago several weeks ko, fininhlnK behind .Hud Spencer, Stan ford's brilliant runner. "Waller is a former Indiana interscholastlc i sprint champion. He lives in Kokomo. Jlo weighs ISO pounds and stands six feet two. Inches. J Johnny Maee, one of the assistant coaches of the Olympic squad, says "Walter is a wood bet in the , . 5000-meter event. V ', " ' ' Yankee' Lead in American League Stretched Sunday to 13 Contests Anici'lcaii Tx'aHiie Htan1!irK W. It Pet. .766 .506 .520 .406 .440 .443 '.4(16 .38(1 i Now York .... J....52 10 3!t 0 37 33 .....33 38 2f S (I 31 30 2K 41 .....27 43 St. l.ouis .... Cleveland' .... Ttoston ,"WashinKton f hicuKo Uetroit National I'nutio SlfluilluKM W. L, Pet. .039 .0(1(1 .63 8 .644 .642 .471 .32$ .200 St. T-ouls .... New York .. CMnclnnati ' .. Hrooktyn .... 1'hlcngo l'lttshurf? .... Host on ' Philadelphia 40 2 0 SII 2(1 40 33 37 81 30 X3 ....:...32 30 :.2t 43 ; IS 44 Hy tiio Associated I'roRS WhHo the Yankees led their cl oseiit ri va Is in the American leaKue by thirteen nnd a half frames and the f?urdinals arc ahead in the National by three und a" half games, most of the other clubs are ( battling' ".desperately for . positions as close to the leaders as can bo secured, Tho standings from sec ond place doWn show one or morn shifts almost dally and threaten to continue to do so:' until tho final curtain is rung 'down. In the, American league only 12& games separateetroit In last placo from Philadelphia, in see ond, In the National7 the- Ghmts, in runner.-up position, lead the Pittsburg Pirates ijvsixln by eight and a half games. " , ' .. Yanks Win Two Tlie Yankees yesterday re moved what doubt, If any, remain ed as to tiieir ability, to bent the Athletics just about as often as they want to, Hoth ends of. .a double header went to the cham pions. 12-0 nnd 8-4, Lou Gerhlg bit two homers in the first game, his 17th. nnd 18th of tho season and Lazzerl duplicated the feat in the night cap. Tho St. Louis Hrowns failed to take advantage of this double re- call MAIN 799 ... verse of tho Athletics for they per mitted Detroit to score five runs In the eighth and a 7-4 triumph at Detroit. C'fhe 'standing shows tho Hrowns only, two and a half -games buck of tho A's. . ; j llonicr. HoViis Wliifo t$ax George Hurhs" hoinor 'With two on in tho sixth gave C'leveMhd tho verdict over-the Chicago White Sox 5-2. The Indians nnnounced the unconditional release of Garland Buckeye, ' mammoth right, bander, who has failed to round into form this season. ,;; v HoBtori moved towithin a single game of the fourth place Indluns by taking Washington into icnmp twice,' 2-1 and 7-l'v.' ' ; The' National '"league" program I saw the Cardinals end all square after a double header with Ponle. Hush's Corsairs of Pittsburg. I'Yed Kussell blanked the Curds in the first game 2-0. , Tho Cardinals made four errors and were outhlt j.17 to J 1 in the second hut pulled It out of the fire 8-0 chiefly by home runs by Fritsch and Hottomly and five doubles were In their hit I'polumn. . Kpha Hixey pitched the Cincin nati Reds back into third place j with. a 4-1 triumph over the phica- go Cubs.' , , I Brooklyn dropped, into fourth place two points ahead of the Cubs ; when the Braves pounded Chirk. tMoss nnd McWeeney for 14 hits and nosed out tho Robins 8-7. Enterprise Wins FromMt. Emily : In Close Game . 'Fntcrprise.'s baseball .club won another hard-fought game from the Alt. TCrnily: Co. nine yesterdny at - Enterprise. ' 5 to 3. - This fol lowed a one-run victory in La Grande n, Aveek ago. The game yesterday was inter esting and some snappy playfng pepped up the crowd. La Grande was forced to use a substitute pit cher, which handicapped the local nine to some extent. -r Noxt Sunday l.a Grande will close the season here against the Pleasant Grove grange. A I TO TAXKH l-'HriTITfi, a.ims (AP)-- Automobtios .-once" yield $26,000,000 a venr tn government coders, and even tlie bicycle brings $5,000,000 in taxes. INJUNS? NO, NO! ITS. 1 fc A merlon n a horigines should r ifflelally known as the "Ited Race," according to Tom John son, a Porno tribesman who sue eeMsfully conducts n larne or chard near Sehnstopnol. Cat. To that end,t he has written Con gressman Clarence Lea to have "red rac" suhsiltuted for "In dians" in offlciutmultem. , t 'AX ' W? , 1.1' TILDEN DEFEATS BOROTRA TODAY Henri Cochet Eliminates 1 John Hennessey at Wimbledon Play W1MBLKDON, Eng., July 2 AP)Willlum T. Tllden, Ameri can tennis ace, advanced to semi final round of the Wimbledon to duy by defeating Jean Ho rota of the French team by scores of fcVG, 3-0, (1-3, C-2. v WIMHLKDON, Kng., July 2 (AP) Henri Cochet, sharp shoot ing French Musketeer advanced to the semi-finals today In defense of the .Wimbledon's men's singles hy conquering the . young American 1928 The American Tobacco i KFT unit v-iteL'-s -rRr WMmmjms tennis utitr, John Hennessey In four sets, tf-4, 6-1, 6-7, 0-3. Cochet's Victory over Hennessey turned the tables und gave the Frenchman revenge for Ills act buck at the hands of the American In the United States championships at Forest Hills' last September. H also assured FraucM of three of tho four of the semi-final brackets. IuiComo Wilt . Bene l.nOoste, -French star, , de feated Baron H, L. Do Morpurgo nee of tho Italian lavis cup team, In straight sets, Q-g, 0-H. Q-4, to enter their semi-final round. Twelve thousands fans packed the standards urotind the center courts us Big Bill Tllden and Jean Borotra began their muth. v The Frenchmnn got away to a fast start, taking the first game of series from Tllden. It was a session of flushing shots. Tllden serving, won the second game although Borota got ' the first place.1- Slashing out with his famous cannon ball service, the "Lucky Strikes, I find, thrill the taste without irritating the throat. Since I changed to Lucky Strikes several ycars ago, upon the suggestion of my doctor, I no longer like raw tobaccos." No wonder more and more doctors 20,679 to be exact approve the toasting process. It's Co., Manufacturers 4 American took the deciding point of the game with a sizzling u'i Fee nt -I mum 't akes I .end ' Tho colorful ''Borotra in ills black suit was on his toes hound Ing like a panther utter Tllden h fierce- drives, (lames followed ser vice until they stood at H-3 wlih Ho rot in leading. , He then broke through the American s delivery to lead by four games to two. Borotra tried ,to give Tllden a point on n ball 'apparently called incorrectly hy a linesman, but Tll den , would not take It. Horoirn then bagged two of Tllden 8 ser vices into the stands. DOGS ACT AS HIIACONS PKMAgPiD. Me. (Al'1 Mem bers of the famlliea of some of tho lobster fishermen of New Hurhur and Bound lonl teach their dos to sit on high points of hind during thick weather nnd bark, so thai the "men folks" coming In from their pots may better locate their jhome harbprs. V toaste HHJUUHHiUiSulRlifjn tfflBjffliroflffliniHffi IOWA MAX, AT WINS HKill SGHOOL DIPLOMA OHAHTlSIl OAK. Iowa (AP) At the age of 33 William h. (loo. de lias won a hmh school diplo ma. "'. ' " '" Ho liad to leave school as u boy to make his vvav, am" he never had THE NEW Ford Fordor Sedan Is fv'ow on Display at Our Show Rooms Perkins Motor Co. Corner 4th nnd Adams Phone Main 500 lime until now to finish hts course. Hut ho did learn telegraphy, and two years and a half ago. ufter bo, had become railway station agent here, lie found time to return to' BChooJ i (. It in more profitable to burn midnight oil than midnight gaso line. . -3 - -r' ,1 r.r' (-vi mr . '5. i-'H":